After the rage-inducing financial success of The Lorax, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures is apparently on a mission to ensure that Dr. Seuss' most popular books all know the touch of CG. The next Seussian project on their slate is another remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Mr. Grinch's expression up there says it all.

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Variety is reporting that the Grinch will be the next Seuss character to hit the silver screen. There is, at least, an interesting director attached to the project: Pete Candeland, an animator who has directed music videos for Gorillaz, and Variety is hearing assurances that this movie will stick closer to its source material than The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who, and the live-action The Grinch did. Still, Candeland hasn't yet proven himself as a feature director (though he is working on a Mr. Toad's Wild Ride feature for Disney), and The Lorax is a rather dark stain on Illumination's Seussian record.